Architectural Styles

Art Nouveau

Alt names / subperiods 

Timeline

Distinguishing Features

Geographic Presence

Jugendstil (Germany)

Secessionist (Austria/Hungary)

Modern (UK)

Catalan Modernisme (Spain)

Glasgow Style (Scotland)

New Style/Art (Netherlands)

Arte Nova (Portugal) 

Wikipedia

1890-1910

  • Organic Forms
  • Curvilinear Lines,
  • symmetry
  • integrated decorative arts
  • stained glass
  • wrought iron
  • mosaics
  • ceramics
  • floral leaf
  • other natural motifs
  • stylized, iron, glass, and reinforced concrete, alongside traditional materials
  • International

Common Building Types

Landmark buildings

Historic Accommodation Types

Accommodation Examples

  • Residential homes
  • theatres
  • civic buildings
  • commercial
  • retail
  • Train stations
  • metro entrances
  • cafes
  • hotels
  • villas
  • Hankar hotel ,
  • Hôtel Tassel Brussels
  • Hôtel Solvay Brussels
  • Hôtel Van Eetvelde
  • Horta House & Museum Brussels
  • Hohenhof Gartenstadt Hohenhagen Hagen,
  • Brussels International Exposition (1897)
  • The Maison de l’Art Nouvea
  • gallery of Siegfried Bing
  • Castel Béranger Paris
  • Paris Exposition Universelle (1900)
  • Paris Metro entries
  • Lavirotte Building Paris
  • Pharmacie Lesage Douvres-la-Délivrande
  • Villa Majorelle in Nancy
  • La Samaritaine department store
  • Former Old England department store Brussels
  • Saint-Cyr House Brussels
  • House of the architect Paul Cauchie in Brussels
  • Astoria building in Amsterda
  • Tuschinski Theatre in Amsterdam
  • The first American Hotel Amsterdam
  • Hatrack building Glasgow
  • Former Everard’s Printing Works Bristol
  • Ernst Ludwig House Darmstadt Artists’ Colony
  • Secession Hall in Vienna;
  • Maiolica House in Vienna
  • Black Eagle Palace in Oradea Romania
  • Praha hlavní nádraží railway station
  • Cultural House in Skalica
  • Frog House in Bielsko-Biała
  • Ješua D. Salom Mansion in Sarajevo
  • Croatian State Archives in Zagreb
  • Building of Merchant Stamenković in Belgrade
  • El Capricho de Gaudí in Comillas
  • Gaudi Barcelona
  • Casa Batlló
  • Casa Mila (La Pedrera)
  • Casa de les Punxes in Barcelona
  • Pohjola Insurance building in Helsinki
  • Teremok House in Talashkino
  • Singer House in Saint-Petersburg
  • Major Pessoa Residence in Aveir
  • Hotel Tassel Brussels,
  • Glasgow School of Art
  • Majolikahaus Vienna
  • Secession Building Vienna
  • Purpose-built Art Nouveau grand hotels;
  • Art Nouveau townhouse / villa boutique hotels
  • Art Nouveau apartment buildings adapted to accommodation
  • Art Nouveau apartment buildings adapted to accommodation
  • Art Nouveau spa / resort hotels
  • Art Nouveau café / restaurant + lodging
  • Secession / Jugendstil city hotels
  • guesthouses
  • inns
  • 1908 Lisboa Hotel — Lisbon, Portugal
  • Palace Hotel (Palace) Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Hotel Savoy Prague, Czech Republic
  • Smaller boutique Art Nouveau guesthouses / inns in Vienna’s Secession districts,
  • Brussels Art Nouveau neighbourhoods
  • Budapest’s historic Ring / downtown blocks

Adaptive Reuse

  • Four Seasons Hotel Budapest Gresham Palace Budapest, Hungary
  • Berghotel Schatzalp Davos, Switzerland
  • Art Nouveau Apartment Conversions Riga, Latvia
  • Art Nouveau Buildings to Boutique Guesthouses — Vienna / Brussels
  • Spa Buildings Converted to Hotels – Mariánské Lázně / Karlovy Vary in Czech Republic

Landmarks

Adapted Visitor Accommodation

in an Art Nouveau Building

Property Name

Original building description